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A Syracuse, N.Y., media executive who was tapped less than a year ago to become vice president and general manager at FOX CT in Hartford has resigned. Chris Geiger stepped down Tuesday. He had been named last FOX CT vice president/general manager in April. “He left on his own volition,” said Jessica Bellucci, Tribune Media’s Director of Communications about the departure. Bellucci said Wednesday that staff was advised Tuesday that Geiger was leaving. Geiger was appointed to replace former Rich Graziano, former FOX CT vice president/general manager and publisher, president and CEO of the Hartford Courant. Graziano left in late 2013 to run...

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A Syracuse, N.Y., media executive who was tapped less than a year ago to become vice president and general manager at FOX CT in Hartford has resigned.
Chris Geiger stepped down Tuesday. He had been named last FOX CT vice president/general manager...

Tribune Co. has named the leadership team for Tribune Publishing, which is preparing to spin off as a separate newspaper company later this year.Eddy Hartenstein, publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times, will serve as non-executive chairman of the...

With Tribune Publishing set to spin off from Tribune Co. on Aug. 4, analysts have begun weighing in on what the stand-alone, publicly traded newspaper company is worth.In a report issued last week by CRT Capital Group, analyst Lance Vitanza estimated...

For the first time in 90-plus years, the Chicago Tribune is disconnected from the broadcast business.
Its corporate family has been broken up and the Tribune, the wellspring of an empire built on ideas and innovation, is no longer complemented by the...

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has written to the chairman of Tribune Co. expressing legal concerns about plans to consolidate the news operations of The Courant, WTIC, Channel 61, and WTXX, Channel 20, saying that it could reduce news options for...

The Ricketts family has brought six investors into the ownership of the Chicago Cubs to help finance a $375 million renovation of Wrigley Field — and the family may not be done selling pieces of the team.The family remains in control of the franchise it...

In a move that shakes up the local sports TV landscape, the Chicago Cubs and WLS-Ch.7 confirmed Friday they have struck a deal to broadcast a portion of the team's schedule through 2019.
ABC 7 will carry 25 games per regular season in prime time, daytime...

Tribune Publishing posted a third-quarter loss on lower revenue from advertising and slightly higher costs in its first quarter as a stand-alone company.The company lost $156,000, or a penny per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 28. Revenue fell nearly...

The Chicago Cubs think they have 2020 vision. It's not as clear as they believe. That's what happens when you spend too much time staring at the television.
And now it's going to be all about the television.
The Cubs are talking about the TV windfall...

The lottery lady is staying on WGN-Ch. 9, at least for another year. After flirting with digital alternatives, the Illinois Lottery has agreed to a discounted one-year deal to keep the live drawings on the Tribune Co. station, its television home...

Four landlords have owned Wrigley Field over the last century, beginning with Charles Weeghman, who opened the park 100 years ago Wednesday.
And like any Chicago residence, Wrigley has undergone some changes over the years, with all of those landlords...

Six weeks after the Chicago Cubs told rooftop owners they were done negotiating, the rooftop businesses are looking to strike a deal over signs at Wrigley Field.
Two owners said Thursday that the rooftop businesses have agreed not to sue the team if it...

Whether or not they will be the same Chicago Cubs next season, fans will hear their radio call on a new home: WBBM-AM 780.
The Cubs signed a long-term deal with the CBS-owned station to carry the team’s games beginning next season. They will make their...

The billionaire suitors came one after another, pulling up to the beachfront mansion just steps up the coast from the exclusive Malibu Colony. A lucky few had been asked to meet with Shelly Sterling — the Clippers were for sale.
Steve Ballmer visited...

Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling is mounting a hurried sale of the team that her husband, Donald, bought 33 years ago and could name a prospective new owner by the end of the week, according to people familiar with the situation.
Shelly...

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An initial round of bidding for the Los Angeles Clippers closed Wednesday with at least three potential buyers making offers and predicting that the winner will pay well over $1 billion, according to three people involved in the sale.
Team co-owner...

Almost exactly a year ago, the Chicago Cubs went before the Commission on Chicago Landmarks seeking consent for a controversial video scoreboard and advertising signs in the Wrigley Field outfield that would dramatically alter the look of the historic...